Cardiology Review

Yesterday Baby Bear had a review at the RCH in Melbourne. It was a loooong day.

Our flight left at 6.30 am and was scheduled to arrive at 7.45. However a Stephen King fog descended over Melbourne (it came in eerily thick and fast) and after one attempt at landing our pilot decided it was too risky. Our plane was diverted to Mangalore, a tiny regional airport, where we waited in the freezing cold for the fog to clear. I called the hospital from there and thankfully they were very understanding. At 9.50 am we were in the air again but had to circle above Melbourne for over an hour as we waited for our turn to land. We finally landed at about 11.30 am and it was nearly 12.30 pm by the time I got to the hospital... 1.5 hours late for the appointment. Luckily I'd gotten PTAS to book us on the evening flight back instead of the mid-afternoon one.

B had another echo and ECG and it's all looking good. Still a slight leak at the edge of the patch and the 2nd tiny VSD is possibly still there but they're not concerned about them. He is now off the captopril and is down to one dose of frusemide for the next 2 weeks and then no more meds at all! His next check up will be in August when the cardiologist comes over to Launceston.

B also had his 2nd dose of the RSV immunoglobulin. Ideally he'd have more, til the end of winter, but they can only give them at the RCH so they think it's better that he had 2 doses than none.

So that was it, hopefully our last medical trip to Melbourne!